Elections

In 2014, Maryland voters had several big choices to make. There were statewide races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and comptroller. Several county executive seats were in play. Every seat in the state legislature was on the ballot, as were Maryland’s eight congressional seats. Maryland's two U.S. Senators, however, got a break; neither was up for re-election.

The general election was November 4. Below are stories and interviews related to the 2014 election.

The governor’s race on the democratic side has gotten progressively more heated, and more negative. And the final TV debate before the June 24 primary featured a fair amount of mud slinging. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Attorney General Doug Gansler and Del. Heather Mizeur faced off Monday night in front of an audience of undecided voters.

WYPR's Fraser Smith and Alison Knezevich of the Baltimore Sun talk about contributions from developers--and from Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz--to a campaign fund that can be used to benefit members of a particular candidate "slate."

WYPR News

10:09 am

Fri May 30, 2014

Maryland’s increasingly contentious gubernatorial race got more negative Thursday when the top two Democratic candidates released tit-for-tat attack ads bashing each other. Campaign finance reports filed earlier this week show candidates with money to burn as the primary approaches.